Toil (Verb and Noun)

"to be weary, to labor," is rendered "to toil" in Mat 6:28, Luk 5:5 (Luk 12:27, in some mss.); in 1Co 4:12, RV (AV, "we labor"). See LABOR.

primarily, "to rub on the touchstone, to put to the test," then, "to examine by torture" (basanos, "touchstone, torment"), hence denotes "to torture, torment, distress;" in the Passive Voice it is rendered "toiling" in Mar 6:48, AV (RV, "distressed"). See PAIN, TORMENT, VEX.

"labor, trouble," is rendered "toil" in Rev 2:2, RV (AV, "labor"). See LABOR.